Hugh Taft-Morales
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Hugh Taft-Morales (20th Century)
The New York Society for Ethical Culture in its 13 June 2010 newsletter described Taft-Morales:
- A confirmed secularist for most of his life, Hugh Taft-Morales now calls Ethical Culture his religion. He does so, however, while simultaneously advocating that Ethical Culture is more than a religion. "The genius of Felix Adler, founder of the movement, was in placing ethical commitment to the worth of all people above any religious or philosophical characteristics. While Ethical Culture has a humanist religious hearth that offers warm religious inspiration to many, those not "religiously minded" are not required to gather round the fire." In ethical relationships and deed "independent of any religious claim" is where Ethical Culture lives.
- Taft-Morales is an Ethical Culture Leader and graduate of the Humanist Institute. Hugh served on the Board of the Washington Ethical Society from 2002 to 2006, the last year as President. He was on the American Ethical Union planning committee for two years and served as cocoordinator for the AEU Presidents Council for one year.
- He taught philosophy and history for twenty-five years in Washington, D.C. In 1986 he earned a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Kent at Canterbury, England and graduated from Yale University in 1979.
Taft-Morales lives in Takoma Park with his wife, Maureen, a Latin American analyst for the Congressional Research Service. They have three children: Sean (21), who is serving as FES representative to the AEU Board; Maya (16); and Justin (13).
